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24 Team Playoff Finalized for Five Seasons Beginning in 2027

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A 24-team playoff beginning next season and through 2031 has been inked.

ESPN retains exclusive broadcast rights but will no doubt sublicense some of the early games.

The top 8 seeds will have a 1st-round bye. 1st and second-round games will be played on campus. Seeding will be adjusted to prevent regular-season rematches in the first round.

Quarter-final and semi-final games will continue to be played in the six bowls in use today. I imagine many of today's bowl games will disappear.

This will be the last season that conference championship games, if not played in the final week of the regular season, will be played. The weekend reserved for these games is now reserved for the Army-Navy game. Notre Dame will not have special access to the playoffs. One place is reserved for a G6 team if it is not in the top 24.

Hats off to Tony Petitti for weathering the slings and arrows of 24-team playoff naysayers, the entire world of CFB outside the Big Ten not so long ago, and delivering a format that makes sense for the Big Ten conference.

On3
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College Football Playoff expands to 24 teams after new ES...

https://youtube.com/live/qw8hsflXBvo?feature=share After months of speculation and discussion, College Football Playoff expansion is officially happening.
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College Football Playoff expands to 24 teams after new ESPN media rights deal
On3
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College Football Playoff expands to 24 teams after new ES...

https://youtube.com/live/qw8hsflXBvo?feature=share After months of speculation and discussion, College Football Playoff expansion is officially happening.

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  • Moderator
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More on the end of conference championship games.

BTW, if OBD and SC win out and UCLA's only loss is to SC, can the Oregon vs. UCLA championship game be relocated from Indianapolis to Vegas?

In Indy, there would be many fans disguised as empty seats.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/24-team-college-football-playoff-163735829.html

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